resources for public artists
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2005-2006 Public Art Program Directory
A guide to over 340 public art programs across the country. It includes contact information, websites, and program details such as funding sources and artist eligibility. Published by the Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network the directory is $25 for Americans for the Arts members, $30 for non-members. To order, visit our bookstore or call 800.321.4510.
Art Calendar
A newsletter for artists that includes public art opportunities. Opportunities are not listed online. A subscription to the newsletter is $33 per year. PO Box 2675, Salisbury, MD 21802; www.artcalendar.com; T 410.749.9625; F 410.749.9626; e-mail: roses@internet.com.
ArtDeadline.com
You can post information and news for free on ArtDeadline.com's AccessArts®. The art world's most accessed source for income and exhibition opportunties. Reach thousands of professional artists, art institutions, art schools, gallery owners, art reps, and more! There is a membership subscription fee of $24 per year to view some of their art and employment postings, as well as to use all of their services, including the slide registry. www.artdeadline.com; e-mail: support@artdeadline.com.
Art for Architecture
This innovative program, housed at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, funded collaborations between artists and architects or other design professionals, acting "as a catalyst for collaborative ventures...the emphasis is on collaboration, allowing artist and architect equal status within a design team from the initial stages of a project." The program stopped funding projects in March 2004, but their website remains a great resource about the projects they initiated. For information visit www.rsa-afa.org.uk.
Art In The Public Interest (API)
This nonprofit organization collaborates with Virginia Tech on the Community Arts Network (www.communityarts.net) to gather and disseminate information about community arts activities and all that intersects with the public interest. APInews is their monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to for free on the website. Their website contains reading room ofcommunity arts related articles written for their site, tools and resources about creating, producing, and evaulating art in the public interest. Linda Burnham, Editor, APInews, www.communityarts.net, e-mail: info@communityarts.net.
Art-Public.com
This website is a portal for public art information, and is especially usefull for projects in Europe.There is a membership fee to obtain access to all the website offers of 180 euros per year. www.art-public.com.
ArtistsRegister.com
This online slide registry and resource center is a service of WESTAF (Western States Artist Federation). The slide registry is well-organized and easy to use. Their services include postings of artist opportunities, a monthly listserv bulletin, community discussion bulletin boards, and the sale of artist mailing lists. WESTAF, 1543 Champa Street, Suite 200, Denver, CO 80202; www.artistsregister.com; T 303.629.1166.
Artsjournal.com
This website offers a centralized location to read about the arts in the western world. They cull articles from newspapers and other news sources from around the world and present them online and on a weekly listserv. www.artsjournal.com.
Artnet.com
This website is good source for researching artists. Its focus is aimed at purchasing work. www.artnet.com.
Art on File
This organization sells and distributes quality slides of over 6000 images of public art, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. They maintain an easy to use online database. They sell both individual slides as well as collections of slides on a certain topic, such as temporary public art in gardens. ART on FILE, 1837 East Shelby, Seattle, WA 98112, www.artonfile.com, T 206.322.2638, e-mail: info@artonfile.com.
- To see a list of other programs that have images of public art projects available, click here.
Artprice.com
This site enables the user to check the price at auction of works sold by artists www.artprice.com.
Arts Resource Network
The Arts Resource Network is a service provided by the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs, formerly the Seattle Arts Commission. In addition to listing artist opportunities and resources, the website includes case studies and resources for public art, community arts, and professional growth. www.artsresourcenetwork.org.
Center for Arts and Culture
The Center for Arts and Culture was founded in 1994 inWashington DC to inform and improve policy decisions that affect cultural life. The guiding principles of that mission include freedom of imagination, inquiry and expression, as well as freedom of opportunity for all to participate in a vital and diverse culture. The Center commissions research, holds public roundtables, and publishes new voices and perspectives on the arts and culture. Through the Art, Culture & the National Agenda project, the Center identified seven areas where policies intersect with cultural issues: law, globalization, access, preservation, community, investment, and education. Their website is a source of research and information on these topics, and they host a public listserv with the latest news on arts and culture. For more information, visit www.culturalpolicy.org.
Cultural Policy & the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA)
Is an interactive, web-accessible digital archive of policy-relevant data on culture and the arts. The CPANDA initiative is designed to help policymakers, journalist, scholars and others gain easy access both to current research findings and to previously hard-to-find data on the arts, including public opinion on the arts, city-specific data and recently released statistics. The archive is accessible at http://www.cpanda.org CPANDA is comprised of four major components: the data archive, quick facts about the arts, and research guides. A free
e-mail listserv is available.
ixia
Formerly knows as Public Art Forum, this England-based nonprofit organization is dedicated to promoting excellence in public art through education, information, and debate. Their informative website is an excellent resource for critical dialogue. They often sponsor events, panels, and programs throughout their region. http://www.ixia-info.com/news/index.htm.
Milestones
The Phoenix Arts Commission maintains an onlinelist and e-newsletter of public art opportunities. It lists artist opportunities, information about projects in Arizona, public art job listings, and general information of interest to the field. Visit the website www.phoenix.gov/arts and follow the link to public art for more information. Phoenix Arts Commission, 200 W. Washington, 10th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85003, T 602.262.4637; e-mail: milestones@phoenix.gov.
Municipal Art Society/Urban Books
The Municipal Art Society is a nonprofit organization in New York City that presents exhibitions, lecture series' and walking tours, develops publications and public programming on the topics of architecture, urban planning, public art, and design. They also administer the Adopt-A-Monument and Adopt-A-Mural programs to secure private funding to rescue public art from deterioration and enable the restoration and continuing maintenance of these irreplaceable treasures. Urban Center Books is the Society's architecture specialty bookstore located in the Urban Center. The store is a valuable resource for architectural and design professionals and planners, not only in New York but also throughout the world. The Municipal Art Society, 457 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022; www.mas.org; T 212.935.3960, F 212.753.1816; e-mail info@mas.org.
NYFA Source
NYFA Source is anextensive national database of awards, services, opportunities, job listings, and publications for artists of all disciplines. Artists, arts organizations, and the general public can access information on over 2,900 arts organizations, 2,800 award programs, 2,400 service programs, and 900 publications for individual artists nationwide, with more programs added every day. In addition they offer NYFA Current, a free, weekly, national e-newsletter. For more information visit the website www.nyfa.org. New York Foundation for the Arts, 155 Avenue of the Americas, 14th Floor, New York, NY, 10013-1507; T 212.366.6900, F 212.366.1778.
Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts (OSLA)
This organization was founded in 1984 as the Rhode Island affiliate of a nationwide network of non-profit public service organizations dedicated to providing legal assistance to visual artists, actors, performers, theatre companies, museums, dance troupes, artists' groups and any other artists or arts organizations in need of help regarding contracts, copyrights, trademarks, tax-exempt status, collection of accounts and any other arts-related problems. Their website, www.artslaw.org , is helpful toresearch arts related legal issues.
Public Art Research Archive
This site is organized by Dave Ball of Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, UK. It contains extensive links to public art organizations worldwide, articles, and case studies. A good launching point for researching programs outside of the United States. Visit http://public-art.shu.ac.uk/.
Public Arts South West
This organization runs an informative, well organized, and nicely designed website, www.publicartonline.org.uk. Itis a central resource for public art information in the UK and beyond. It contains an advice section with a number of short reports on topics including funding, collaborations, and the artist selection process, a debate bulletin board, a listing of opportunities, public art links, and case studies from around the world.
Public Art/Public Art On The Net
This British website has articles, book reviews, message boards, and links to other public art websites. They also maintain a public art listserv on egroups.com, which you can sign up for at this site. www.zpub.com/public/.
Public Art Review
This is the only national journal dedicated to public art published by Forecast Public Artworks. The publication's website is www.publicartreview.org. It includes articles, reviews, book reviews, opportunities for artists, job listings, and other information of value to the field. Opportunities and some articles are posted online. FORECAST Public Artworks, 2324 University Avenue W. #102, St. Paul, MN 55114; www.forecastart.org; T 651.641.1128, F 651.641.0028.
Rhizome: Rhizome is an online community for people who are interested in new media art andart that uses new media technology. They maintain a database of online art projects and a free listserv and present artworks by new media artists. www.rhizome.org; Rhizome, 210 11th Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10001; T 212.219.1288.Save Outdoor Sculpture
For information about the assessment, treatment, maintenance, conservation, and public awareness of public art, SOS is the place to go. Save Outdoor Sculpture! is a private/public initiative to document all monuments and outdoor sculpture in the United States and to help communities and local groups of all ages and interests preserve their sculptural legacy for the next century. They offer planning tools, care guides, educational materials and programs, and other services. Their website includes their NEA funded Inventory of American Sculptureanda step by step guide forcaring for outdoor sculpture. SAVE OUTDOOR SCULPTURE!, Heritage Preservation, 1012 14th Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005; www.heritagepreservation.org/PROGRAMS/SOS/sosmain.htm; T 202.223.0800.
Sculpture Parks and Gardens Map
Artist Benbow Bullock has created a map listing sculpture parks and gardens worldwide available on his website at www.artnut.com/intl.html.
Sculpture Magazine
This magazine often contains public art reviews and articles, in addition to grants and opportunities listings. It is published by the International Sculpture Center. Sculpture Magazine, 1529 18th St. NW, Washington, DC 20036; T 202.234.0555, F 202.234.2663; e-mail glen@sculpture.org.
Street Furniture
Visit the Municipal Art Society's web page (www.mas.org/Resources/mas-web-98/intro_f.html) to view The 21st Century Streetscape, an exhibition of street furniture curated in 1997 by Jennifer McGregor.
Visual Artists Rights Act/Copyright Law
There are several websites that have useful information pertaining to VARA and copyright law, including the OCEAN STATE LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, www.artslaw.org, and the US Copyright Office of the Library of Congress, lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/.
The College Art Association presented the panel "Beyond Copyright Do Artists Have Rights? A Discussion on the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)" at its 90th Annual Convention in February, 2002. The presenters developed an extensive website, which includes a resource list/bibliography. www.studiolo.org/CIP/VARA/CIP-VARA.htm.
